about the watir utilize "autoit"

[vance]

I run into a problem when using "ie.maximize", and here is the error
details:

C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.5.6/./watir.rb:
129:in `initialize': unknown OLE server:
`AutoItX3.Control' (WIN32OLERuntimeError).
from C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.5.6/./
watir.rb:129:in `autoit'
from C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.5.6/./watir/
ie.rb:425:in `autoit'
from C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.5.6/./watir/
ie.rb:422:in `set_window_state'
from C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.5.6/./watir/
ie.rb:398:in `maximize'

I check the "ie.rb" file:

def autoit
Watir::autoit
end


And I only got the "autoit.dll" file in the watir file...So do I need
to install the "autoIt" first?

Vance

[Sameh Abdelhamid]

You need to install autoit First...
then you can use the autoit function library by doing the following

require 'watir'
require 'rubygems'
require 'win32ole'
autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control')
autoit.ControlClick("[Class:#32770]","","Button1")

In this example I used the controlclick function which is an autoit
function. Once you assign win32ole.new to autoit control, when you
call autoit, it utlises the function library in autoit. You can refer
to the autoit help in order to get the functions and what they do.

for more info check out this link in relation to javascript popups
with autoit.

http://justaddwatir.com/watir/?s=autoit

Sameh

[vance]

Thank you!!

But I think it is not a good idea for using "autoIt". I'm wonder why
"autoIt" is so popular......Still belive we have another ways to
handle this....



Vance

[wesley chen]

I can maximize my window when I use:
require 'watir'
ie=Watir::IE.start("www.google.com")
ie.maximize

Possibly, you have not installed the latest Watir completely.
I think you don't need to install or require win32old or something other.

[Tony]

Hi,
The autoit dll file is usually found in the watir folder and is
automatically registered.
The location where this dll file can be found is .. C:\ruby\lib\ruby
\gems\1.8\gems\watir-1.5.6\watir\ - FileName: AutoItX3.dll

If for some reason one gets the error -
`AutoItX3.Control' (WIN32OLERuntimeError), you can register this dll
using regsvr32 to solve the issue.
Go to the folder - C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\watir-1.5.6\watir\
and execute this from command prompt - regsvr32 AutoItX3.dll

-Tony

[aidy lewis]

HI,

On 29/08/2008, Tony <yno...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If for some reason one gets the error -
> `AutoItX3.Control' (WIN32OLERuntimeError), you can register this dll
> using regsvr32 to solve the issue.
> Go to the folder - C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\watir-1.5.6\watir\
> and execute this from command prompt - regsvr32 AutoItX3.dll
>

I think this dll should be auto-registered during gem install. This
may be a bug. Can someone raise it in Jira?

Aidy

[Hrishikesh Bose]

Hi all,

I just wanted to evaluate on basic terms as to whether watir can be used
extensively for testing a website (CMS) developed in Apache Wicket.

Thanks,
Hrishikesh Bose

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[aidy lewis]

Hi,

On 29/08/2008, Hrishikesh Bose <hrish...@cybage.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just wanted to evaluate on basic terms as to whether watir can be used
> extensively for testing a website (CMS) developed in Apache Wicket.
>
> Thanks,
> Hrishikesh Bose

Both Watir and FireWatir exercise the browsers' DOM. This means any
technology can be tested if the end stack is a browser display.

Aidy

[vance]

All,

So....may be using "autoIt" is still a good idea for dealing with the
browser object....

yes, any technology can be tested for the web application...

I'm trying to do it in ruby....

Vance

On 8月29日, 下午6时47分, "aidy lewis" <aidy.le...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>

[Bret Pettichord]

Aidy,

I agree that this would be nice. However, gems do not allow you to run
scripts during install. So your suggested solution is not possible.

Instead, we register autoit on first usage. I think problems occur when
first usage is made by non-admin, in which case the registration will fail.

One option would be to add a command that would do this registration and
then tell every user to run this command after installing the Watir gem.
Any one interested in writing such a command?

Bret

[aidy lewis]

Bret,

On 29/08/2008, Bret Pettichord <br...@pettichord.com> wrote:
>
> Aidy,

>
> One option would be to add a command that would do this registration and
> then tell every user to run this command after installing the Watir gem.
> Any one interested in writing such a command?

Do you mean a batch file?

Aidy

[Bret Pettichord]

No i was thinking of a ruby command script, along the lines of "rake" or
"irb" or "watir-console"

Bret

[Paul Rogers]

Bret, do you know how some gems ( at least on non win OS ) compile
extensions? Maybe there is something in that process that could be
utilized.

Paul